Ulvah is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Ulvah typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ulvah, ~4% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ulvah compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ulvah leans more Republican than 126 of 143 neighbors.
Ulvah runs about 49 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Ulvah leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Ulvah, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Ulvah, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; fewer than 1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Kentucky average of 19%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Ulvah, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Ulvah looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Ulvah is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 76% of adults in Ulvah have completed high school, below 95% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Ulvah sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kentucky State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.